EP0337045B1 - Elektrischer Mehrstellungsschalter - Google Patents

Elektrischer Mehrstellungsschalter Download PDF

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EP0337045B1
EP0337045B1 EP19880710006 EP88710006A EP0337045B1 EP 0337045 B1 EP0337045 B1 EP 0337045B1 EP 19880710006 EP19880710006 EP 19880710006 EP 88710006 A EP88710006 A EP 88710006A EP 0337045 B1 EP0337045 B1 EP 0337045B1
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Kiyoshi Nakayama
Toshio Yoshioka
Kiyotaka C/O Omron Tateishi Electr.Co. Yamaguchi
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H25/00—Switches with compound movement of handle or other operating part
    • H01H25/04—Operating part movable angularly in more than one plane, e.g. joystick
    • H01H25/041—Operating part movable angularly in more than one plane, e.g. joystick having a generally flat operating member depressible at different locations to operate different controls
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R1/00—Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
    • B60R1/02—Rear-view mirror arrangements
    • B60R1/06—Rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior
    • B60R1/062—Rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior with remote control for adjusting position
    • B60R1/07—Rear-view mirror arrangements mounted on vehicle exterior with remote control for adjusting position by electrically powered actuators
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2221/00—Actuators
    • H01H2221/008—Actuators other then push button
    • H01H2221/012—Joy stick type
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2300/00—Orthogonal indexing scheme relating to electric switches, relays, selectors or emergency protective devices covered by H01H
    • H01H2300/012—Application rear view mirror

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  • the present invention relates to a multi-position electrical switch unit as stated in the preamble of claim 1, such switch unit being e.g. known from EP-A-0 102 394 Fig.s 22 to 27.
  • Such multi-position electrical switches are particularly useful in the remote control of rearview mirrors of a motor vehicle.
  • Each of a pair of outside rearview mirrors of a motor vehicle contains two electric motors and a driving transmission in a mirror body, and the angle of each of the rearview mirrors is controlled by remote control.
  • a control switch in the compartment or the motor vehicle By operating a control switch in the compartment or the motor vehicle, adjustments are made to the direction of inclination, horizontally to the right or left, or vertically upwards or downwards.
  • One is constructed, as disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,349,708, in that a joystick is projected at the top of a casing, the joystick is rotatably supported by spherical supporting means in the casing, movable and stationary contact groups are disposed on the same circumference of the lower portion of the joystick, and the selected contacts are contacted by the operation of the joystick to control the normal or reverse rotation, or to stop the electric motor.
  • the configuration in order to reliably open or close the contacts by the operation of the joystick, the configuration cannot be sufficiently reduced in size due to the reason that a return spring must be attached, a large number of components introduce high cost, and the reliability is not so satisfactory.
  • the other type is known as a controller in which a printed circuit (PC) board having a motor control circuit of a predetermined pattern, a pressure-sensitive conductive rubber sheet superposed on the PC board, and a seesaw type knob tiltable in four directions for switching the contacts of arbitrary positions on the PC board by pressing the lower conductive rubber sheet are associated.
  • PC printed circuit
  • the knob of the controller When the knob of the controller is pressed to be tilted in any direction with respect to vertical or horizontal direction, the conductive rubber sheet at the position corresponding to the direction is pressed to close ON the contacts on the PC board, and the inclining angle of the mirror element can be adjusted by normally or reversely rotating the predetermined motor.
  • Is is therefore an object of this invention to provide a multi-position electrical switch unit for actuating a rearview mirror without erroneous operation.
  • this invention provides a multi-position electrical switch unit, preferrably for controlling a rearview mirror of a motor vehicle, which switch unit is characterized in that the central projection is shaped as a cylinder, the free and face of which consists of four inclined surface sectors formed by intersecting the cylinder with an imaginary quadrangular pyramid.
  • a preferred embodiment has a vertex angle which is the complement of the tilting angle of the knob.
  • the driver can accurately actuate the multi-position electrical switch unit for the rearview mirror from a compartment of a motor vehicle even at night.
  • a cylindrical lamp container formed on the lower surface of a knob body does not disturb inclining the knob.
  • This container is the cylinder shaped central projection which contains the light emitting element which thus is located at the center of the control knob.
  • Light emitting elements housed within a push-buttom switch are known per se (DE-A-3421319).
  • the movable contacts contact with the stationary contacts on the PC board upon inclining the control knob in upward direction or rightward or leftward direction to alter the vertical or horizontal angle of the mirror element of the rearview mirror. Having caused the desired contact, the knob does not incline any further. If the knob is inclined by the driver irregularly in a tilting direction inbetween of two switching tilting directions, erroneous operation is prevented since the crests between the surface sectors and the stoppers stopp tilting already before reaching the contacting condition.
  • the switch unit of this invention may have, in addition to the switch element for adjusting the rearview mirror angle as described above, a switch element for selecting the right or the left rearview mirror and a switch element for folding the mirror bodies.
  • the insulating rubber sheet may have hollow truncated conical swells provided with the movable contacts. Two first swells are provided at every four sides of the knob, that is, eight first swells in total are provided concentrically below the control knob. Two second swells are formed for folding the rearview mirror bodies.
  • the knob of a slide switch for selecting the right or the left side rearview mirror is actuated to select either the right or left side rearview mirror, thereafter the control knob is inclined to depress the movable contact of the pressed side downwardly and the stationary contact on the PC board is closed to adjust the tilting angle of the rearview mirror in the horizontal or the vertical direction by driving the electric motor in the rearview mirror body.
  • the motor is driven while the control knob is being pressed continuously. If the pressing of the control knob is released, the swell is recovered to float the movable contact and the motor is stopped by opening the circuit, thereby it is possible to adjust arbitrarily the inclining angle.
  • the mirror folding switch is connected to a motor driven folding control unit. This switch is an automatic return one-push type switch.
  • the knob of the switch is inclined in either resetting or setting direction to press the movable contact and to close the stationary contact. Then, the contacts are self-held by the control unit to drive the motor from erecting to folding or vice versa, and the motor is then stopped by the operation of a limit switch.
  • the preferred embodiment of the multi-position electrical switch of the present invention is illustrated generally by way of reference to Figs. 1 to 4.
  • the switch 10 includes a casing 11 having apertures 12, 13 and a recess 14 on the upper surface thereof and a connector 15 fixed to the lower portion of the casing 11.
  • a knob 16 for adjusting the tilting angle of a rearview mirror and a knob 17 for folding the rearview mirror body are tiltably engaged within the apertures 12 and 13, and a knob 18 for selecting either the right or the left rearview mirror is contained movably in the flat recess 14. As shown in Figs.
  • a cover 19 is fixed to the periphery of the connector 15 on the lower surface of the casing 11, a printed circuit (PC) board 21 and a base plate 22 are laterally disposed at an interval in the casing 11 through a spacer 23 and pins 20 and other leads (not shown) are attached between the PC board 21 and the base plate 22.
  • an insulating rubber sheet 24 is disposed on the PC board 21. Swells 25 each with a movable contact are formed on the sheet 24 in combination with the knob 16 disposed thereon to form an automatic return type multi-position electrical switch.
  • the knob 16 for adjusting the tilting angle of the rearview mirror comprises a knob body 30, for example made of heat resistant ABS, and a lens 31 made of acrylic resin fixed to the upper surface thereof.
  • the planar configuration of the knob body 30 is substantially of square shape, and steps 32 to be engaged with the lower edges of the aperture 12 are formed at the periphery thereof.
  • the bottom of the knob body 30 is, in the embodiment of Fig. 5, formed as a pressing surface 33 of quadrangular prism shape having large vertex (e.g., 80°to 90°), and the pressing surface 33 is provided to press any of the first swells 25 of the insulating sheet 24 disposed under the knob at the time of inclining the knob, as later described in detail.
  • the lower end face 36 of the cylinder 35 is formed of four bent surfaces partitioned by peaks 37 corresponding to the diagonal lines of the knob body 30 (Figs. 10 and 11).
  • the lower end face 36 is formed in the four curved surfaces formed by intersecting the body of the cylinder 35 and an imaginary quadrangular pyramid on the coaxial core of the cylinder 35 with the angle ⁇ formed with the flat surface of the PC board 21 as a vertex when the knob body 30 is pressed to be inclined.
  • Reference character l in the drawings designates the maximum length of the cylinder from its end face, and character m denotes the minimum length thereof.
  • Indexes 20' for indicating the tilting angle of the mirror, i.e., the four adjusting directions in upward, downward, rightward and leftward are marked on the front surface of the lens 31 (Fig. 1).
  • the knob 17 for setting of folding the rearview mirror is constructed as an automatic return seesaw type pushbutton switch as designated in Figs. 1, 5 and 6, having a knob body 38. Steps 39 are formed on the periphery of the knob body 38, a pressing surface 40 is formed in the bottom to incline toward the center on the bottom, and a projection 41 is formed at the peak of the pressing surface 40.
  • the pressing surface 40 is provided to press one of a pair of second swells (with movable contact) 27 formed on the insulating sheet 24, and the projection 41 is inserted into an opening 28 formed in the insulating sheet 24.
  • the knob 18 for selecting either the right or left side rearview mirror is part of a slide type switch as designated in Figs. 1, 6 and 7, which further includes an opening 43 perforated at the center of the recess 14 on the upper surface of the casing, a pin 44 suspended downward through the opening 43 from the inner center of the knob 18, a slide block 45 engaged with the lower end of the pin 44, a pair of slide contacts 46 buried in the underside of the slide block 45 to slide on the PC board 21, and notch means 47 for holding right and left switching positions provided on the upper surface of the slide block 45.
  • the connector 15 attached to the lower portion of the casing 11 has, as shown in Fig. 4, a number of terminals.
  • terminals LV, M, E, S, R, ILL+, ILL-, RH, RV, B(+) and LH are disposed for adjusting the vertical direction of the left side rearview mirror, setting and resetting for controlling common installation, rearview mirror body folding by motor driving, applying positive or negative voltage to the light emitting element, adjusting the horizontal direction of the right side rearview mirror, adjusting the vertical direction of the same mirror and connecting a power source, respectively, stated counterclockwise from the terminal LH for adjusting the horizontal direction of the left side rearview mirror at the lower right corner in Fig. 4.
  • insulating sheet 24 As shown in Figs. 8 and 9, there are eight swells 25 for adjusting the rearview mirror angle and two swells 27 for controlling folding of the rearview mirror body on the upper surface of the sheet.
  • a round opening 25 is formed at the left side of the sheet, and the long opening 28 is formed at the right side of the sheet.
  • the first swells 25 are formed at equal intervals at concentrical positions around the outer periphery of the round opening 25, and the second swells 27 are formed at positions opposed with respect to the long opening 28.
  • Movable contacts 50, and 59, respectively, are fixed to the inner top faces of the swells 25, 27, and when the swells are collapsed by the inclination of the respective knob, the respective movable contact is contacted under pressure with stationary contacts (not shown) on the PC board to close the circuit.
  • Notch-like recesses 51 for allowing air to flow at the time of recovering the swells are formed to improve the flexibility of the swells among the swells as shown.
  • a pore 52 for introducing air into the recesses 51 is provided near one of the first swells 25 and a small projection 53 for positioning itself is provided near each of the second swells 27, and cutouts 54 for receiving the end of a stopper, four such stoppers being suspended from the four corners of the knob 16 for tilting the rearview mirror to be described in detail later, are formed at corners disposed annuarly of the first swells 25.
  • the knob 16 is preferred to have the pressing surface 33 inclined toward the bottom as shown in Fig. 5, but pressing projections 56 may be formed on the portion contacting the first swells 25, as shown in Figs. 10 to 13.
  • two pressing projections 56 may be provided at every four sides of the bottom face 55 of the knob 16 around the periphery of the cylinder 35 projected on said bottom face 55, that is, eight projections 56 in total are provided thereto , and the projections 56 are opposed to the first swells 25 of the insulating rubber sheet 24.
  • Steps 58 are formed inside the projections to avoid the interference with the swell 25 deformed at the time of inclining the knob 16. Stoppers 57 for regulating the tilting angle are projected at the four corners of the rear surface 55 of the knob.
  • the first swell 25 is returned and erected to lift the projection 56 on the upper surface thereof.
  • the step 32 of the periphery of the knob is contacted with the inner edge of the aperture 12, and the end face 36 of the cylinder is disposed steadily at the raised position separated from the PC board 21. Therefore, the movable contact 50 is opened from the stationary contacts of the PC board.
  • the knob body 30 is inclined at the upper edge of the step 32 of the side not depressed (in the left side of the drawing) as a fulcrum while depressing a pair of the swells 25 of the depressed side to close the stationary contacts by pressing the movable contact down.
  • the end face 36 of the cylinder is contacted with the front surface of the PC board 21 at the time of inclining, and is restricted to be further inclined by the right side stoppers 57.
  • the knob 17 for folding the rearview mirror is adapted to be pressed forward or rearward with the projection 41 as a fulcrum to collapse either swell 27 to turn ON the movable contact 59, then returning it by releasing the depression.
  • the contact is turned ON, and when recovered, the contact is turned OFF in the same manner as the operation of the first swells.
  • Fig. 14 shows a control circuit diagram of a door rearview mirror with the control switch 10.
  • Left and right door rearview mirrors 71,72 contain electric motors MLV,MRV for adjusting the tilting angle of upward or downward direction of the mirror elements, electric motors MLH,MRH for adjusting the tilting angle of the horizontal direction of the mirror elements, and electric motors (not shown) for folding the elements.
  • Eight movable contacts a,b,c,.., h (represented generally by reference numeral 50 at the movable contacts in Fig.
  • switch SW1 for converting the polarity of the electric motors, and are connected to the electric motors MLV,MRV,MLH,MRH through a switch SW3 for selecting the left or right side rearview mirror by the slide contacts 46,46.
  • the folding switch SW2 composed of the movable contact 59 in the second swells is connected to a control unit 70 for folding one of the rearview mirrors through a reset terminal R and a set terminal S .
  • This control unit 70 is composed, for example, of self-holding relay circuits and limit switch group (not shown respectively) for regulating the rotating angle of the right and left side rearview mirror body.
  • the knob 18 of the slide switch for selecting the left or right side rearview mirror is operated to select either the left or right side rearview mirror
  • the control knob 16 when the control knob 16 is inclined, the swells 25 of the respective side are pressed by the pressing projection 56 and become irregularly pressed down so as to press the movable contact 50 of the swell downwardly, thereby closing the stationary contact on the PC board 21.
  • either the electric motor MLV,MRV,MLH or MRH in the mirror body is driven to adjust the tilting angle of the mirror in the vertical or horizontal direction.
  • the electric motor is continuously driven while the control knob 16 is being depressed, and when the depressing is released, the swell 25 is returned to float the movable contact 50 to open the circuit, thereby stopping the electric motor.
  • the arbitrary inclination angle of the rearview mirror is adjusted.
  • the knob 17 is depressed to turn ON the contact of set S or reset R , a signal is input to the control unit 70 to rotate the electric motor (not shown) contained in the mirror body so as to turn the right or left side rearview mirror body from the erected state to the set position, or to erect the rearview mirror body from the set state.
  • the cylinder is provided to contain the illumination light emitting element in the operation knob. Therefore, the position of the operation knob can be clearly judged even at the time of driving a vehicle at night, and the operation of the rearview mirror can be easily achieved.
  • the cylinder is provided, the stability of the operation of the switch is increased as compared with the conventional switch to obtain the insulating distance necessary between the contacts. Further, since the movable contacts are disposed in the swells of the insulating rubber sheet to contact it with the stationary contacts at the time of pressing the knob, the contacting or separating operation of the contacts can be completely performed.

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  1. Elektrische Mehrpositionen-Schaltereinheit, die für die Steuerung eines Rückspiegels (71, 72) eines Kraftfahrzeugs geeignet ist, mit folgenden Teilen:
       einem Gehäuse (11);
       einer Karte (21) mit gedruckter Schaltung, die sich im Gehäuse (11) befindet und eine Reihe stationärer Schalterkontaktstücke trägt;
       einem isolierenden Gummiblatt (24), das auf der Oberseite der Karte (21) mit der gedruckten Schaltung angeordnet ist und eine Reihe von beweglichen Schalterkontaktstücken (50, 59) an Positionen trägt, die den stationären Kontaktstücken (51) gegenüberliegen; und
       einem Steuerknopf (16), der über der Oberseite des isolierenden Gummiblatts (24) angeordnet ist und von einer Ruhestellung, die einer zur Karte mit der gedruckten Schaltung rechtwinkligen Achse entspricht, in vier radiale Richtungen neigbar ist;
       wobei der Steuerknopf (16) umfaßt:
       eine Unterseite (55),
       Unterseitenbereiche (56), die auf das Gummiblatt (24) drücken, wenn der Steuerknopf (16) gekippt wird, wodurch ausgewählte bewegliche Kontaktstücke (50, 59) und gegenüberliegende stationäre Kontaktstücke kontaktiert werden,
       einen zentralen Vorsprung (35), der von der Unterseite (55) des Knopfs absteht und in eine Öffnung (26) des Gummiblatts (24) zum Angreifen an der Karte (21) mit der gedruckten Schaltung vorsteht, und
       vier Anschläge (57), die sich zwischen der Unterseite (55) des Knopfs und der Karte (21) mit der gedruckten Schaltung in Bereichen, die zwischen benachbarten Kipprichtungen liegen, durch Ausschnitte (54) im Gummiblatt (24) erstrecken und dazu angeordnet sind, die Kippbewegung des Knopfs zu begrenzen;
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der zentrale Vorsprung (35) als Zylinder geformt ist, dessen freie Endfläche (36) aus vier geneigten Flächensektoren besteht, die durch Schneiden des Zylinders mit einer imaginären vierseitigen Pyramide gebildet sind.
  2. Schaltereinheit nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die imaginäre Pyramide einen Scheitelwinkel aufweist, der das Komplement des Kippwinkels (ϑ) des Knopfs ist.
  3. Schaltereinheit nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, gekennzeichnet durch ein illuminierendes lichtemittierendes Element (34), das am Zentrum des Steuerknopfs (16) angeordnet ist.
  4. Schaltereinheit nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das illuminierende Element (34) auf der Karte (21) mit der gedruckten Schaltung in einer Stellung aufragt, die einem zentralen Teil des Steuerknopfs (16) entspricht, und durch den Zylinder (35) verläuft, der ein Hohlzylinder ist.
  5. Schaltereinheit nach Anspruch 3 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das lichtemittierende Element (34) eine Entladungsröhre ist.
  6. Schaltereinheit nach Anspruch 3 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das lichtemittierende Element (34) eine lichtemittierende Diode ist.
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